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1998 Edmonton municipal election
The 1998 Edmonton municipal election was held October 26, 1998, to elect a mayor and 12 councillors to sit on Edmonton City Council , 9 trustees to sit on the public school board, and 7 trustees to sit on the separate school board. Edmontonians also decided one plebiscite question and participated in the Senate election .
There were 172,215 ballots cast out of 482,763 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 35.7%.
(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)
Candidate
Votes
%
Bill Smith 84,512
50.62%
Mike Nickel
27,029
16.19%
Ihor Broda
22,280
13.35%
Tooker Gomberg
21,614
12.95%
Rory Nugent
3,869
2.32%
Cheryl Schumacher
3,740
2.24%
Kelly Morris
2,178
1.30%
Brian Gregg
1,726
1.03%
Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
Ward 4
Ward 5
Ward 6
Candidate
Votes
Candidate
Votes
Candidate
Votes
Candidate
Votes
Candidate
Votes
Candidate
Votes
Wendy Kinsella 18,731
Allan Bolstad 15,605
Brian Mason 19,311
Jim Taylor 20,357
Larry Langley 13,805
Terry Cavanagh 13,659
Leroy Chahley 18,589
Rose Rosenberger 11,141
Robert Noce 17,094
Michael Phair 19,708
Bryan Anderson 12,731
Dave Thiele 9,773
Jane Standing
7,958
Don Koziak
7,875
Gordon Stamp
8,085
Douglas Meggison
5,191
Jane Batty
8,785
Chinwe Okelu
7,654
Jerry Voss
3,350
Mimi Williams
5,739
Thomas Tomilson
2,046
Lee Permann
4,893
Maurice Fritz
6,503
Sheila McKay
6,781
Sergio Teixeira
1,783
Donna Finucane
6,369
Ziad Jaber
3,937
Brenda Platzer
5,973
Frank Atkinson
2,823
Adil Pirbhai
891
Greg Dagg
2,022
Gordon McIntosh
1,927
Anna Graham
1,306
Marcel Fayant
228
Public school trustees [ edit ]
Ward A
Ward C
Ward E
Ward G
Ward H
Bill Bonko 4,867
48.31%
Don Williams 3,979
33.12%
Carole Anne Dean
4,944
48.22%
Svend Hansen
3,806
25.37%
George Nicholson 9,510
65.94%
Bev Esslinger
3,325
33.00%
Mel Huizinga
3,312
27.57%
Dennis Freeman
3,569
34.81%
Donna Fong
3,299
21.99%
Kerry Brown
4,912
34.06%
Lynette Young
1,883
18.69%
Dorothy Reynolds
2,405
20.02%
Lise Watts
1,740
16.97%
Lori Hilibeck
2,418
16.12%
Dorothy Reynolds
2,405
20.02%
Larry Zbitnew
1,591
10.61%
John McDonald
1,259
10.48%
Anna Der
1,244
8.29%
Murray Clarke
1,060
8.82%
Jim Patrick
1,058
7.05%
Ward B
Ward D
Ward F
Jason Burns
503
3.35%
Ward I
Janice Melnychuk 3,972
41.80%
Terry Sulyma 3,395
41.22%
Don Fleming Acclaimed
Ron Kuban
405
2.70%
Gerry Gibeault 6,328
54.87%
Loreen Kabanuk
1,661
17.48%
Vicki Stamp
3,128
37.98%
Lynn Lunde
372
2.48%
David Fletcher
5,205
45.13%
Doug Stamp
1,287
13.54%
Karl Kuss
1,713
21.13%
David Balcon
304
2.03%
Andy Chichak
1,254
13.20%
Denis Lapierre
716
7.53%
Dwayne Jiry
613
6.45%
[ edit ]
Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
Debbie Engel
2,357
34.07%
Ronald Zapisocki 3,655
42.47%
Jim Shinkaruk
2,477
30.18%
David MacDougall
1,189
17.18%
Jim Urlacher
2,587
30.06%
Gerda Krug
2,217
27.01%
Don Mah
1,013
14.64%
Vincent Capri
2,365
27.48%
Helen Tymoczo
1,955
23.82%
John Patrick Day
1,011
14.61%
Gunda Murray
1,558
18.98%
Reg Kastelan
993
14.35%
Don Marriott
198
2.86%
Robert Gossain
158
2.28%
Ward 4
Ward 5
Ward 6
Ron Patsula 2,772
43.78%
Judy Buddle
4,610
77.67%
Brian Mitchell 3,784
58.47%
Debbie Cavaliere
2,033
32.11%
Raphael Watzke
1,325
22.33%
Barbara Ann Thompson
2,688
41.53%
Don Weideman
1,526
24.10%
(Edward Wieclaw was acclaimed to the seat representing Vegreville on the board.)
Video Lottery Terminal Plebiscite [ edit ] Are you in favour of Bylaw No. 1853 which says, "City Council requests the Government of Alberta through the Alberta Liquor and Gaming Commission to remove Video Lottery Terminals from the City of Edmonton?" Vote Yes or No.
Votes
%
Yes
80,964
49.85%
No
81,449
50.15%
Senate Nominee Election [ edit ] This was a province-wide election. Results below reflect only Edmonton vote totals; provincially, Ted Morton and Bert Brown were elected (see 1998 Alberta Senate nominee election for province-wide results).
City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections
Elections and plebiscites in Edmonton
Municipal elections By-elections Plebiscites
